''Re-Evolution'' is the fifth studio album by
Finnish symphonic metal
Symphonic metal is a cross-generic style designation for the symphonic subsets of heavy metal music subgenres. It is used to denote any metal band that makes use of symphonic or orchestral elements. The style features the heavy drums and guita ...
band
Amberian Dawn
Amberian Dawn is a Finnish symphonic power metal band, formed in 2006 by Tuomas Seppälä and Tommi Kuri. Their fifth album '' Re-Evolution'' (a re-recorded compilation with a new singer) was released on KHY Suomen Musiikki & Encore Music in su ...
. This album contains
re-recorded songs from their past four albums; ''
River of Tuoni'' (2008), ''
The Clouds of Northland Thunder
''The Clouds of Northland Thunder'' is the second full-length studio album by Finnish symphonic power metal band Amberian Dawn. It was released 13 May 2009. Its single, "He Sleeps in a Grove", was the third Amberian Dawn song to have a music vid ...
'' (2009), ''
End of Eden'' (2010), and ''
Circus Black'' (2012), each of the tracks remastered with lyrics performed by the band's new vocalist, Päivi "Capri" Virkkunen.
Background
After the band parted ways with Parviainen in November, the band decided to find a new vocalist. They announced in December 2012 that their new vocalist would be Capri Virkkunen, a Finnish singer with 2 solo albums released to her name. Capri performs her vocals in a more traditional rock fashion, despite the fact that she is classically trained. To introduce the new vocalist, the band decided to release a compilation album of old songs but with the vocals re-recorded by Capri.
Before the album's release, "Kokko - Eagle of Fire" was released as a single in May 2013, which was preceded by an official music video for the same song in April on the band's official YouTube channel.
Cover art
On the cover art of the album is a throw-back to the band's previous releases, as under the store banner that reads: "MEDIA - The best rates in town" on the right of the cover, there is a door with the band's logo, and the window of the store contains cover art from the previous four albums.
Track listing
All Music by
Tuomas Seppälä all lyrics by
Heidi Parviainen
Personnel
Band members
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– vocals
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Tuomas Seppälä – keyboards, guitar, bass guitar on "Valkyries", "Incubus", "Kokko - Eagle of Fire", "Come Now Follow", "Lost Soul" and "River of Tuoni"
*Joonas Pykälä-aho – drums
*Emil "Emppu" Pohjalainen – guitars
*Kimmo Korhonen – guitars
Guest/session musicians
* Peter James Goodman - vocals on "Incubus"
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Timo Kotipelto
Timo Antero Kotipelto (born 15 March 1969) is a Finnish musician best known as the lead singer of the power metal band Stratovarius, whom he joined in 1994, as well as fronting his own band Kotipelto.
Biography
He studied vocals at the pop ...
- vocals on "Cold Kiss"
* Heikki Saari - drums on tracks "Lily of the Moon", "Crimson Flower", "Circus Black", "Cold Kiss", "River of Tuoni" and "Charnel's Ball"
* Jukka Koskinen - bass guitar on tracks "Lily of the Moon", "Crimson Flower", "Circus Black", "Cold Kiss" and "Charnel's Ball"
References
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Amberian Dawn albums
2013 albums